Method and apparatus for accessing Web services and URL resources for both primary and shared users over a reverse tunnel mechanism

US20070174454A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-26BUNGEE LABS INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
BUNGEE LABS INC
Publication Date
2007-07-26
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for accessing Web services and URL resources for both primary and shared users over a reverse tunnel mechanism are provided. Current limitations on accessing Web services and URL resources located behind firewalls or otherwise made secure and largely inaccessible are overcome through a novel use of a “reverse tunneling” mechanism. The mechanism uses an Agent to obfuscate physical address endpoints of Web services and other resources, as well as to package SOAP service requests in such a way that they can be passed through firewalls unimpeded. All of this data transfer is made secure through encryption, strong authentication, and by making use of the security environment on both a user's individual device and the LAN proper. In addition, a primary user may share data access rights within the secure LAN environment to a secondary user and, using the present invention, provide only those access rights to the shared user over the open Internet.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] This invention relates to the area of tunneling, and more specifically, to using a tunneling mechanism to securely access Web services and URL resources located on a network protected by a firewall, and make those resources securely available to strongly authenticated users in the open Internet environment.

[0003] 2. Background Art

[0004] As the Internet grew in importance as a business communications backbone, keeping corporate data secure from Internet raiders known as “hackers” became a top priority. The creation of “firewalls” (hardware, software, or both), data protection devices that effectively block all unwanted incoming Internet traffic, created a second problem while solving the first.

[0005] In order to make a corporate network secure, firewall administrators close down all but a few needed ports into the corporate site and drastically restrict the types of data allowed to be transferred in and out of the...

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